DiMarzio DP169 Virtual P90 Soapbar (Black)The original single coil "soapbar" design had a special sound; low notes were solid and not tubby they had an almost "piano" tone quality while high notes were fat all the way up the neck. DiMarzio wanted to reproduce this sound without 60 cycle hum. In the end, they used their patented Virtual Vintage technology to create the Virtual P90. The two coils are tuned to different frequency ranges and output voltages, so tone and balance can be tuned by